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Awesome interview with Ajahn Brahm (unrelated to recent ordination controversy)
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WUTYL Question about Chapter 5, "Karma and Dismantling Belief"

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Trevor Atkinson replied to fivebells's discussion 'Awesome interview with Ajahn Brahm (unrelated to recent ordination controversy)'

Thanks fivebells. I knew about the ordination of the Buddhist nuns controversy so I was curious about this. What a great interview! Trevor

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Awesome interview with Ajahn Brahm

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fivebells replied to skydancer's discussion 'WUTYL Question about Chapter 5, "Karma and Dismantling Belief"'

Sometimes, serving the situation means cutting through habituated patterns. Power is simply the capacity for that.

November 7

fivebells commented on Trevor Atkinson's blog post 'Reflections on Unfettered Mind'

In this context, Disciplines of Attention is a useful book. It really draws out the parallels between Theravadin Buddhist practice and the practice of Freudian psychotherapy. Roughly speaking, the point of the book is that both practices develop t...

October 30

fivebells replied to Leslie's discussion 'Receiving Contempt'

Thanks, you're very kind.

October 26

fivebells replied to Leslie's discussion 'Receiving Contempt'

I always find, by the time I'm ready to make a post of this sort, that within a few days the issue has sorted itself out. :-)

October 25

fivebells replied to Leslie's discussion 'Receiving Contempt'

Or even nothing inherent, period. :-) How does perception of contempt relate to a hungry-ghost worldview?

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Some books which came up at the Waterloo retreat (moved from the front page)

The Four Immeasurables retreat was great.

I mentioned Raising an emotionally intelligent child and Ken asked me to post it somewhere.

I also mentioned the ideas of Human Smoke, in the context of tyrannical compassion.… Continue

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At 5:16pm on October 20, 2009, Sharon said…: Well the number four is less, but the poem is longer. This whole "Time" thing is such a conundrum I rather like the name 5 Bells, but then, since I lived in Japan for a while, I like the number 5. I also like (most) bells. I keep noticing how much I want to make a pattern out of something or just even find "the pattern that works . . ."

At 11:12pm on October 19, 2009, Sharon said…: Wow what a deep poem; I'll need to re reread it several time. Odd that in such a serious poem there were pop out advertisements for various products & services. The joys of life on the computer in the 21rst century. Anyway, thank you for the explanation

At 8:09am on October 19, 2009, Sharon said…: It appears that you are a "dog in sheep's clothing"

I used to have a pet wolf (for real) but he didn't have any sheep's clothing :)

At 8:07am on October 19, 2009, Sharon said…: The "illusion of choice" shows up in the Course in Miracles and a lot of Yoga teachings as well.

What is the significance of five bells?

At 9:41pm on February 8, 2009, Bill Gardner said…: Thanks for participating in the on-line discussion of Langri Thangpa's "Eight Verses for Training the Mind". We're closing this discussion with a summary, and I invite you to post your thoughts.
Bill

At 12:01am on December 16, 2008, Leslie said…: Yes, life is busy.

Maybe we will meet at a KM retreat one day!

all the best,

Leslie

At 5:31pm on October 20, 2008, Leslie said…: Hi Alex,

I had a discussion on skype with Ken today. Part of our discussion covered the exchange you and I had on the topic of antiderpressants. I got a result different than I intended at the end of our exchange. Ken helped me explore why this might have happened. I had wanted to open up the discussion by letting you know that I am puzzled by the difference in the results of the reviews of clinical trials and the response rates I see in clinical practice.In my post, I was postulating a possible explanation for the difference. That was the discussion I had wanted to have. I was especially interested in discussing it with you, because you are both a scientist and a meditator. I am still curious. My education is thin in the area you have expertise, so perhaps you would need to help me understand your terms and perspective more clearly before our discussion would bear much fruit.

If you are also curious, let me know.